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Monday, December 6, 2010

Medical Mondays: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

I swear I am not making this up.

The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome can cause a person to perceive that objects or their own body parts are strangely too small, or too large. Sufferers can also have distorted time perception (going too fast or too slow) or sound can be warped.

Causes include migraines (which can be associated with all kinds of neurologic symptoms), temporal-lobe epilepsy, or even Epstein Barr infections (the virus that causes "Mono", or mononucleosis).

The treatment involved treating the underlying illness that causes the symptom.

No, the treatment is not a bottle that says "Drink me."

Sorry folks!

Please keep in mind this post is for writing purposes only and is not to be construed as medical advice (see sidebar disclaimer).

Okay, out of everything you've posted since I started reading your blog, that is by far the most terrifying. If there's one thing that wigs me out, it's the idea of something messing with my brain. I just don't like that...hence why I've never done drugs.

Even when I had my wisdom teeth out, I only used the prescription to make the pain go away at night so I could sleep. The rest of the time I used over-the-counter stuff. I just like being in control!

Interesting! I wonder if Lewis Carrol would have guessed a syndrome would be named after his book. Or if he had experienced the syndrome is some way forming the idea of the story?? Far-fetched but now you got me thinking!

I didn't know that the Alice in Wonderland syndrome was real. That's amazing.

I watched a documentary years ago about amputees who suffered from 'phamtom limb syndrome' (I think it was called that). Basically they were experiencing excruciating pain from a limb they'd already had removed. It was to do with the brain not being able to process that the limb was gone. I thought that was so amazing and also disturbing.

Interesting. I wonder if doctors or pharmacist have ever considered writing "eat me" on the medicine bottle for migraines? I suppose the humor would be lost. Oh well. I have had a migraine before and I’m glad I didn’t get that syndrome.

Wow! I didn't know.That's one of my favorite books. I was so pleased when I did a "You write like..." test and it came out Lewis Carol. Hmm, I do have migraines. Great, now I have that Jefferson Airplane "White Rabbit" song in my head. LOL

I just discovered your blog. It's FANTASTIC! I actually had this syndrome as a child, but it only afflicted me when I closed my eyes to go to sleep. No body parts felt too large or too small, but the darkness would change shape and ALL of me would feel tiny in comparison, or too large. I outgrew it, thankfully.

My dad had it as a child, too, only when he closed his eyes, objects, like a telephone pole would turn into toothpicks.

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